Infant-holding attachment for seats



Jan. 12, 1965 L. Y. CARD 3,165,358

INFANT-HOLDING ATTACHMENT FOR SEATS Filed 001;. 19, 1962 INVENTOR.Lands? YCara ATTO EYS 3,165,358 INFANT-HOLDING ATTACHMENT FOR SEATSLonda 'Y. Card, 860 SW. 31st Ave, Miami, Fla. Filed Oct. 19, 1962, Ser.No. 231,684 6 Claims. (Cl. 297-639) This invention relates toaninfant-holding attachment and more particularly to one for readyattachment to the seat of a stool or the like and which holds an infantsafely and securely to the seat.

An object of this invention is to provide infant-holding means which canbe readily attached to and detached from a seat. I

Another object of this invention is to provide a seat attachment inwhich'an infant may be readily placed and secured and from which aninfant may be readily released.

A further object of this invention is to provide an attachment whichwill safely hold an infant on a seat and, at the same time, permitconsiderable freedom of movement of the infant.

Still another object of this invention is to provide an infant-holdingattachment for stools or the like which can be readily folded intocompact size for storage.

A still further object of this invention is to provide an infant-holdingattachment adapted for many different types of seats and which willreadily accommodate infants of various sizes.

Still another object of this invention is to provide a simple,economically and easily constructed infant-holding attachment which isvery durable.

Other objects and the features and advantages of the 7 present inventionwill become more fully apparent from the following detailed descriptiontaken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings which illustrate apreferred embodiment of the invention and in which:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of an infant-holding attachmentconstructed in accordance with the principles of the present inventionsecured to a stool seat and holding an infant thereon;

FIGURE 2 is a rear elevational view of the attachment of FIGURE 1;

FIGURE 3 is a bottom plan view of the holding attachment of FIGURE 1;and

FIGURE 4 is a sectional view, on an enlarged scale, taken substantiallyalong lines IV-IV of FIGURE 2.

As shown on the drawings:

United States Patent In general, the supplementary seat and holdingattachment of the present invention includes a base or bottom 10 adaptedto be secured on the seat of a stool by means of a pair of straps 11 and12 extending under the seat, a band or girdle 13 for encircling thelower portion of the infants torso having a pair of openings 14 and 15easily and economically manufactured. Also, the attachment may bereadily folded into compact size for storage.

The stool straps 11 and 12 are preferably of heavy flexible fabric andare disposed at right angles and secured against the lower surface ofthe bottom. 10 by means of stitching 17. Each of the stool straps has aconventional self-locking buckle thereon, generally designated by thereference numeral 18, the buckle having a generally rectangular frame 19and a serrated tongue 20 slidable thereon. One end portion of each strapis looped around a central integral bar of the frame 19, the looped endbeing secured to the bottom 10 to secure the buckle 18 to the strap. Theother end portion of each strap may extend between the serrated tongues20 and the inside end of one end portion of the frame 19 so as to belocked therein by tension applied to the strap and yet be readilyreleasable.

To secure the band 13 to the bottom, the lower end of the band isaligned with the peripheral edge of the bottom, a securing andprotective strip 21 is folded over the edge portions of the band andbottom, and stitching 22 secures the strip and the edge portions of theband and bottom together, as best illustrated in FIGURES 3 and 4. It maybe noted that the stitching 22 also secures the looped end of each ofthe straps 11 and 12 to the adjacent portion of the strap and to thebottom and holds the buckles 18 to the straps.

In order to prevent tearing of the band 13 from the edges of the legopenings 14 and 15, the edges of the fabric may be appropriately hemmedbut, preferably, securing strips 23 and 24, respectively, are foldedover the edges of the openings and stitched to the band.

One end of each of the shoulder straps 16 is secured to a portion of theband 13 upwardly from one of the leg openings by stitching it thereto.The other end of each of the straps 16 is movable in a buckle 25 ofconventional construction similar to the buckle 18 above described. Tosecure each buckle 25 to the band 13, a short strap is looped around acentral integral bar thereof and stitched to the band 13.

To prevent tearing of the band 13 from the upper edge thereof, asecuring strip 27 may be folded over the upper edge and stitched to theband. The stitching securing the strip 27 to the band may also serve tosecure one end of each of the straps 16 to the band and the short loopedbuckle-securing straps to the band.

In order to prevent the shoulder strap 16 from sliding off the infantsshoulders, front and back connecting straps 2-8 and 29, respectively,may be disposed between the shoulder straps. The connecting straps 28and 29 may be stitched to the shoulder straps in desired position. butpreferably are slidably disposed on the shoulder straps so as to bereadily adjustable to accommodate infants of various sizes. 7

To prevent separation of the strap 12 and the base 10 andthe band 13 atthe point of greatest stress when the infant is moving or rocking in theattachment, the strap 12 is slidably secured on the base 10 and the band13 by extending it first through a grommet 30, located in the bottom 10,then upwardly through a grommet 30a located in the band 13 between theopenings 14 and 15 and then downwardly again to extend through a secondgrommet 3b in the bottom 10.

In order to facilitate ready placement of the infant into the holdingattachment and easyremoval of the infant from the attachment, aconventional zipper means 51 is provided at the rearward portion of theattachment and extends vertically up the backtportion of the girdle 13.

Thus, before the attachment is put into useall of the buckles willpreferably be open andthe zipper 31 will be in an unfastened position.

The base is then secured to a stool or the like by extending the straps11 and 12 under the stool and buckling the distal ends of the straps 'inthe buckles 13. Thereafter, the infant is placed on the base portionof-the attachment with its legs protruding through the openings 14 and15, The zipper ll is then. raised to close the back portion of thegirdle l3 and to ,Although the infant-holding attachment is illustratedas secured to a conventional restaurant type stooLit will be folded forcarrying or storage. a t g 7 It will beunderstood that modifications andvariations may be effected without departing, from the spirit and scopeof the novel concepts of the present invention.

I claim as my invention: 7 1. In'an infant-holding attachment for aseat, a flexible fabric bottom arranged for disposition on the seat,

a pair of grommets inserted in the front portion of' said bottom,

a flexible fabric band extending upwardly from said bottom forencircling a lower portion of the infants torso,

the peripheral edge of said bottom, 7 a strip folded lengthwise over theedge portions of said band and said bottom, stitching extending throughthe strip and theedge portions of the band and bottom and securing themtogether,

said band having a pair of recesses extendingiupwardly from the bottomto provide openings through which the infants legs may protrude,

a pairvof bottom straps secured in crossing relation to the lowersurface of said bottom and arranged to extend under the seat forsecuring the bottom thereto,

one of said bottom straps extending through said grommets,

a pair of shoulder straps,

each of said shoulder straps being secured at one end portion to anupper portion of said band and arranged to extend over one shoulder ofthe infant,

buckle means releasably securing the other end portion of each shoulderstrap to an opposite portion of the band,

' a transverse strap connecting said shoulder straps for preventingoutward movement of the shoulder straps off the infants shoulders, and

a zipperv secured to a back portion of said band and arranged verticallyto provide lateral expansibility to to said band. 7

r 2.- In an infant-holding attachment for a seat,

a bottom member arranged for disposition on the seat,

a pair of spaced coplanar grommets inserted marginally at a frontportion of said bottom member,

the lower edge of said band being aligned with apparent that. theattachment is readily adaptable for 'various other types of seats.

a pair of bottom straps" secured to said bottom member and arranged toextend under the seat intfcr'ossing relation to tightly securesaidbottom'member to the seat, r

' one of said bottom straps extending through said grommets, V t afabric band aflixed tothe periphery of said bottom member and extendingupwardly for encircling a lower portion of the infants torso,

zipper means secured vertically to a back portion of said band toprovide lateral expansibility orsaid band,

fiexiblemcans connected "to said band and arranged to extend over'theshoulders of the infant to hold the infant .to said bottom member onthe seat.

3. In an infant-holding'attachment'for aseat,

a flat bottom member arranged for disposition on the seat, V a t strapmeans firmly attached to said bottom member and tom member to theseat,

i a flexible band afl'ixed tothe periphery of said bottom member andextending upwardly therefrom fortcomletel encirclin a lower ortion oftheinfants torso,

J D V extending upwardly from said bottom member through which,respectively, the-*infantts legs may extend, and t l a pair. of shoulderstraps connectedto said band and arranged, to extend over the infantsshoulders for securely holding the infant in the attachment on the seat.e

4. In'an infant-holding attachment for a seat,

a flat bottom member arranged for disposition on the seat, 7, t

a pairof bottom straps affixed in crossingrelation to said bottom memberand arranged to extend under the seat for detachably securing thebottommember thereto, V I

a fabric band aifixed to the periphery of said bottom member andextending upwardly therefrom for completely encircling a lower portionof the infants torso, 7

means forming a pair of spaced openings insaid band extending upwardlyfrom said bottom member through which, respectively, the infantls legsmay extend, i

a pair of shoulder straps connected to said band and arranged to extendover the infants shoulders, and means for interconnecting said shoulderstraps across the front and the back of the infant whereby the infant issecurely held Within the attachment on the seat. 7

5. In an infant-holding attachment for a seat, 7

a generally fiat bottom member arranged for disposition on the seat,

a pair of bottom straps affixed in crossing relation to said bottommemberjand arranged to extend under the seatfor detachably-securing thebottom member thereto, r

a fabric band aflixed to the periphery of said bottom member andextending upwardly therefrom for encircling a lower portion of theinfants torso,

a pair of elongated shoulderstraps secured respectively at the endsthereof inmutually spaced relation to front and rearportions of saidband and arranged to extend over the infants shoulders, and

a. vertically extending zipper means situated in the'rear portion ofsaid band between said shoulder straps secured thereto to selectivelyvertically open the rear portion of said hand between said shoulderstraps.

6. In an infant-holding attachment fora seat,

a bottom member arrangedfor disposition on the seat,

'strap means attached tosaid bottom member for fastening thebottornmemberon the seat,

a flexible band afiixed to the periphery of said bottom member andextending upwardly therefrom for completely encircling a lower portionof the infants torso,

a pair of shoulder straps attached to said band in spaced parallelrelation to extend over the infants shoulders,

at least one connecting strap extending transversely to said shoulderstraps and connected at opposite ends thereof to said shoulder strapsrespectively,

to provide adjustably slidable movement of said connecting strap alongthe length of said shoulder straps.

References Cited in the file of this patent said connecting strapincluding means operative 10 2,570,631

UNITED STATES PATENTS Waxman Aug. 22, 1939 Picard Jan. 21, 1947 BradleyAug. 31, 1948 Arrasmith Oct. 9, 1951

5. IN AN INFANT-HOLDING ATTACHMENT FOR A SEAT, A GENERALLY FLAT BOTTOMMEMBER ARRANGED FOR DISPOSITION ON THE SEAT, A PAIR OF BOTTOM STRAPSAFFIXED IN CROSSING RELATION TO SAID BOTTOM MEMBER AND ARRANGED TOEXTEND UNDER THE SEAT FOR DETACHABLY SECURING THE BOTTOM MEMBER THERETO,A FABRIC BAND AFFIXED TO THE PERIPHERY OF SAID BOTTOM MEMBER ANDEXTENDING UPWARDLY THEREFROM FOR ENCIRCLING A LOWER PORTION OF THEINFANT''S TORSO, A PAIR OF ELONGATED SHOULDER STRAPS SECUREDRESPECTIVELY AT THE ENDS THEREOF IN MUTUALLY SPACED RELATION TO FRONTAND REAR PORTIONS OF SAID BAND AND ARRANGED TO EXTEND OVER THE INFANT''SSHOULDERS, AND A VERTICALLY EXTENDING ZIPPER MEANS SITUATED IN THE REARPORTION OF SAID BAND BETWEEN SAID SHOULDER STRAPS SECURED THERETO TOSELECTIVELY VERTICALLY OPEN THE REAR PORTION OF SAID BAND BETWEEN SAIDSHOULDER STRAPS.